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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. eurostus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax eurostus (
C. C. Abbott, 1860)
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Abbott's moray eel (Gymnothorax eurostus), also known as the stout moray, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific, antitropical [2] in distribution. It is found in the eastern Pacific from Costa Rica to Easter Island, at depths of 40 m (130 feet). Its length is up to 60 cm (24 inches). Abbott's moray eel is a shallow-water, inshore reef species, though not often seen. They are voracious nocturnal carnivores feeding mostly on reef fishes. [3]
Abbott's moray eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Gymnothorax |
Species: | G. eurostus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnothorax eurostus (
C. C. Abbott, 1860)
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Abbott's moray eel (Gymnothorax eurostus), also known as the stout moray, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific, antitropical [2] in distribution. It is found in the eastern Pacific from Costa Rica to Easter Island, at depths of 40 m (130 feet). Its length is up to 60 cm (24 inches). Abbott's moray eel is a shallow-water, inshore reef species, though not often seen. They are voracious nocturnal carnivores feeding mostly on reef fishes. [3]